The Center for Patient Partnerships
Center Publications
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The Center for Patient Partnerships' Five-Year Report (2001-2006)
Read the report (PDF)
The Center's Brochures
Patient "Rule" - When a Patient is Confronted with a Serious Condition
Health tips in Hmong and English
Health tips in Spanish and English
Insurance ABC's: Making Sense of Insurance Policy Jargon
Medical Debt: Tips to Avoid Debt and Address Health Care Expenses
Articles about the Center and Patient Advocacy
"We All Have an Interest in Expanding Patient Advocacy," Renie Schapiro, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 18, 2007
"DENIED INDIVIDUAL POLICIES; A gap in her health coverage creates a worst-case scenario" Guy Boulton and Susanne Rust, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 12, 2007
"In the Patients' Corner," Mark Hansel, Las Vegas Sun, May 27, 2006
"For When a Doctor and a Nurse just Aren't Enough," Judy Foreman, Boston Globe, May 1, 2006
"Awash in Information, Patients Face a Lonely, Uncertain Road," Jan Hoffman, New York Times, August 14, 2005
"Your Guide to the Medical Maze," Anne Tergesen, Business Week, October 24, 2005
"Living with Cancer" is about Meg, her story and the work of the Center.
Writings by Center Staff
Available June 14, 2007: Co-authors include Martha E. Gaines and Sarah Davis. "Educating for Health Advocacy in Settings of Higher Education" (other authors from Sarah Lawrence Health Advocacy Program Marsha Hurst, Rachel N. Grob, and Laura Weil) in Patient Advocacy: Patient Centered Strategies for Improving Health Care Quality. Edited by Jo Anne Earp, Elizabeth French, Melissa Gilkey. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. For more info: http://publichealth.jbpub.com/catalog/0763749613/
"Alchemy: Medical Mediation at Its Best" Meg Gaines and Sue Sanford-Ring, Focus on Patient Safety, Vol. 7, Iss. 4
"Men as Health Care Consumers: Shop As If Your Life Depended On It" Meg Gaines, Prostate Cancer Communication Newsletter, Vol. 19, No. 1
"An Odyssey of Hope" Meg Gaines
"Finding Hope: An Ovarian Cancer Survivor's Journey" Meg Gaines
Want to Help?
As the Center for Patient Partnerships grows, you can help educate, advocate and innovate to make health systems more consumer-centered. Though we do not charge for our advocacy services, we welcome contributions to the Center. Please join the mission by contributing!
